downloading media just hangs/is stuck and wont continue

[klepp0906]

So i havent went through the updating of metadata/media since prior to the change that went in allowing you to carry on while it continues downloading.   I decided I was going to update everything today and the metadata portion went fine.   However on the media portion it seems to hang.   For example its stuck at the moment on 

and if i close LB and restart it (since the neat new resume feature went in) it begins scanning for media again.  however before long it results in it hanging in the same fashion again on the next file.

figured its time to cancel and post cause i cant go through the close/open cycle advancing one by one 82688 more times

Edited July 28, 2021 by klepp0906

[C-Beats]

I've seen this happen with queues that large when you have a large number of EmuMovies item in the queue, if we don't download an item every 15m from them we have to reacquire all the download URLs and reapply them, in queues that large we run into an issue where it can take a most of that window (if not all) to do that process which causing issues. It's something I'm actively looking to improve, For now I'd suggest working on a smaller set of images, or downloading from our database where possible and then use EmuMovies to fill in any gaps.

[klepp0906]

would it suffice/be helpful if i went platform by platform as opposed to doing them all at once?  im not sure where the break point is but I have 46 platforms so it would partition it up quite a bit.  

[C-Beats]

Yeah, the goal would be to drastically lower the number of EmuMovies assets in the queue.

[D3K17]

I'm having this same problem. How do I reduce the queue from what I already have and how should I go about setting the settings when downloading media to get the best results (when importing roms)?

[C-Beats]

3 hours ago, D3K17 said:

I'm having this same problem. How do I reduce the queue from what I already have and how should I go about setting the settings when downloading media to get the best results (when importing roms)?

Close LaunchBox and in the \\LaunchBox\Data\ folder is an ImageQueue.xml file. You can modify or delete that to affect the queue. The best way right now would be to grab media from LaunchBox first, let the queue run, then go from platform to platform scraping EmuMovies to fill in any gaps you have in your collection.

[D3K17]

1 hour ago, C-Beats said:

Close LaunchBox and in the \\LaunchBox\Data\ folder is an ImageQueue.xml file. You can modify or delete that to affect the queue. The best way right now would be to grab media from LaunchBox first, let the queue run, then go from platform to platform scraping EmuMovies to fill in any gaps you have in your collection.

Oh wow, the file is already 38mb. Thanks. Can you tell me specifically which boxes I should check / uncheck in the importer to favor LaunchBox? As well as make this process as smooth as it can be.

 

[C-Beats]

The first image is media found on LaunchBox and store fronts, the second is media from EmuMovies. Essentially you would only check boxes in the first one, let the import and image queue run, then if you still needed certain media (like videos) run the Download Metadata and Media tool and then uncheck all images from the page that looks like the first image, and check the images you still need in the page that looks like the second.

[D3K17]

Thanks, things are going much faster and smoother now.

Is there a way to only search and add media for a specific platform?